221.0608 Removal of directors by shareholders.
(1) When removal permitted. The shareholders may remove one or more directors with or without cause, unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide that directors may be removed only for cause.
(2) Cumulative voting. If cumulative voting is authorized under s. 221.0522, the shareholders may not remove a director if the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting is voted against his or her removal. If cumulative voting is not authorized under s. 221.0522, the shareholders may remove a director only if the number of votes cast to remove the director exceeds the number of votes cast not to remove him or her.
(3) Meeting and notice requirements. A director may be removed by the shareholders only at a meeting called for the purpose of removing the director, and the meeting notice shall state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is removal of the director.
History: 1995 a. 336.